Flood maroons thousands in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat
Hundreds of thousands of people were marooned in floodwater in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat due to the rise of water levels of Brahmaputra and Teesta rivers following heavy downpour and onrush of water from upstream hilly areas.
US, India and Japan begin naval exercises, as China looks on
New Delhi (CNN)A rising Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean has prompted the largest naval exercise the region has seen in more than two decades.
NYT: Email to Trump Jr. cites Russian government effort to help Trump campaign
Washington (CNN)An email sent to Donald Trump Jr. last year stated that a Russian lawyer had "compromising" information about Hillary Clinton as "part of a Russian government effort" to help the Trump campaign, The New York Times reported Monday.
Dhaka, Beijing to sign over 25 MoUs, deals
Bangladesh and China will sign over 25 MoUs and deals which are expected to usher in a new chapter of greater collaboration between the two countries.
PM for campaign against political violence
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday ordered ministries and agencies to carry out more publicity of the government’s achievements and launch massive campaigns against violence during countrywide nonstop blockade enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance in 2015.
Chittagong city BNP gets ‘giant’ committee at last
Chittagong city unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party found a ‘giant’ full- fledged committee after about two decades.BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday approved the 275-member committee submitted to her at the party’s Gulshan office by the three-member Chittagong city BNP committee S
SC clears way for removal of Hanif Flyover’s stairs
The Appellate Division on Monday cleared the way for the Dhaka South City Corporation to demolish in two weeks stairs constructed at different points of Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover.
Flood situation worsens as India opens barrage
The onrush of water from upstream in India swelled cross-border rivers Teesta and Dharla overnight, worsening flood situation in Bangladesh’s north on Monday, as India opened 54 gates at Gazaldoba barrage across the Teesta.
Former Abu Sayyaf fighter warns worse to come in the Philippines
Manila, Philippines (CNN)A decade after his release from prison, a former henchman of ISIS' leader in Asia predicts the battle unfolding in the southern Philippines city of Marawi won't stop there.
Trump administration's talk on human trafficking must be matched by deeds
The United States has been the world leader in fighting human trafficking and modern slavery. But that leadership is now at risk. There is no middle ground in the struggle against slavery
